NomadicScribe.net http://blog.nomadicscribe.net Traveling the world, writing it down. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:47:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en the view ahead I've spent the past few weeks actually resting (finally!) from the trip. Christmas/Holiday stuff was pretty hectic, so I didn't get much rest there. But the past couple weeks I've just let go, and it's been so nice. I intend to move into a community in summer 2007, but first I ... http://blog.nomadicscribe.net/archives/269 the return home With Sirius being the last community on the tour, I've started my journey home. There are plenty of friends lining my path. This is the part of the movie where the bad guys have been vanquised, so all the helpers come out of nowhere and they all have a big ... http://blog.nomadicscribe.net/archives/268 Sirius Community - journal entries 11/26 - Sunday night Found Sirius ok. It's about 10 miles from Amherst, MA. The place is pretty big - several buildings. Brice met me, showed me to my room and gave me a quick orientation. Then he invited me to have dinner with his family. He and his wife Deborah ... http://blog.nomadicscribe.net/archives/267 NY journals & pics After leaving DC, I headed up to New York for a few days to see friends and visit Ganas on Staten Island. 11/15 - Wednesday Arrived in NY okay. It must have cost me $20 in tolls to get up here. $5 for a bridge, $3 for a turnpike. Ridiculous. Hung out ... http://blog.nomadicscribe.net/archives/253 NomadicScribe and nambers: universal shift or serendipity? Nambers is a way to map an internet address into a series of four (unchosen words. It's based on the website's IP address, which is a series of four numbers between 0 - 255. The nambers website assigns a single word to each number (0-255), for example 64 is ... http://blog.nomadicscribe.net/archives/252 One Year on the Road I've put together a soundtrack for my travels this year. You can see the full playlist and the picture I chose as "cover art" at Art of the Mix. New Artists I discovered this year: Michael Franti and Spearhead - groovy, dance-able hip-hop beats combined with conscious lyrics Human and the Other Humans ... http://blog.nomadicscribe.net/archives/251 DC - journal and pictures 11/10 - Friday Fuck. Talk about another extreme [coming from a week alone in the woods]. DC reminds me of a combination of NYC and LA. Streets and cars everywhere and sprawling out to everywhere else. This place makes me want to smoke. Everything this morning went fine. The drive out of ... http://blog.nomadicscribe.net/archives/245 camping pictures A typical campsite setup: My deer friend from the last day: A panoramic view stitched together from several pics: A view from the mountains: More: Camping-style Benjamin: Me at the end of the week: http://blog.nomadicscribe.net/archives/240 six days of camping in the woods - journal excerpts I brought Tom Brown Jr.'s Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking with me, and it was the perfect companion. 11/4 - Saturday night I write by moonlight. (Hope the ink in my pens doesn't freeze - another advantage of pencils.) So different from last night - a mattress in a warm ... http://blog.nomadicscribe.net/archives/232 Twin Oaks - last week (journal) 10/28 - Saturday I had my membership interview on Wednesday morning. The first part is a "story of your life." Mine lasted for an hour! I never thought I could talk about my own life for that long. After that they went through a set of 80 standard interview questions - ... http://blog.nomadicscribe.net/archives/231